Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

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2017 / 52min.

Rating7.3

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb mind who had ten commandments, of which the first nine were: “Thou shalt not bore.”

Directors

André Schäfer

Jascha Hannover

Actors

Paul Diamond

Billy Wilder

Mario Adorf

Marthe Keller

Rudolf John

Volker Schlöndorff

Charles Matthau

George Schlatter

Todd Purdum

Dick Guttman

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